40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Hickel had role in Prudhoe Bay’s destiny

Former governor had uncanny interactions through two decades that contributed to the oil field’s discovery and development

Rose Ragsdale

For Petroleum News

Former Gov. Walter “Wally” Hickel tells a great story about the Prudhoe Bay oil field discovery.
“I flew to the Slope to meet with (Atlantic Richfield Co.) Alaska district manager Harry Jamison,” Hickel told a group of geologists in April 2008. “He shocked me by telling me that they (ARCO) were goi....

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